Tomatoes — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 40 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in Suriname stood at 40 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 68.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 243 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 29 ha, in 2021.
That places Suriname 148th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 104 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91 ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 96 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 86 ha | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 91 ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 106 ha | +16.5% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 101 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 97 ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 38 ha | -60.8% |
| 1972 | 47 ha | +23.7% |
| 1973 | 61 ha | +29.8% |
| 1974 | 51 ha | -16.4% |
| 1975 | 58 ha | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 62 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 65 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 62 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 88 ha | +41.9% |
| 1980 | 105 ha | +19.3% |
| 1981 | 227 ha | +116.2% |
| 1982 | 105 ha | -53.7% |
| 1983 | 90 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 93 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 122 ha | +31.2% |
| 1986 | 88 ha | -27.9% |
| 1987 | 179 ha | +103.4% |
| 1988 | 193 ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 172 ha | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 197 ha | +14.5% |
| 1991 | 243 ha | +23.4% |
| 1992 | 194 ha | -20.2% |
| 1993 | 231 ha | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 181 ha | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 154 ha | -14.9% |
| 1996 | 150 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 139 ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 109 ha | -21.6% |
| 1999 | 84 ha | -22.9% |
| 2000 | 77 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 80 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 71 ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 65 ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 58 ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 48 ha | -17.2% |
| 2006 | 54 ha | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 62 ha | +14.8% |
| 2008 | 48 ha | -22.6% |
| 2009 | 65 ha | +35.4% |
| 2010 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 59 ha | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 55 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 102 ha | +85.5% |
| 2014 | 126 ha | +23.5% |
| 2015 | 129 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 126 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 119 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 126 ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 101 ha | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 66 ha | -34.7% |
| 2021 | 29 ha | -56.1% |
| 2022 | 43 ha | +48.3% |
| 2023 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 40 ha | -7.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 40 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 1% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 40 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 7% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97.22 ha | 86 ha | 106 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62.9 ha | 38 ha | 97 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 137.4 ha | 88 ha | 227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 168.2 ha | 84 ha | 243 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.8 ha | 48 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 101.3 ha | 55 ha | 129 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.2 ha | 29 ha | 66 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Suriname?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Suriname was 40 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 243 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 ha in 2021.
- How does Suriname rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 148th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.